On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
— Viktor Orban
Liberal democratic states can't remain globally competitive.
The death penalty question should be put on the agenda in Hungary.
It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.
The obstacle for us is not Islam, but the bureaucrats in Brussels.
The migration wave can be stopped.
Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?
The strongest institution in the hands of the European Union is the euro.
If Europe does not return to the path of common sense, it will find itself laid low in a battle for its fate.
We'd accept Germany either allowing all migrants in or not allowing any in. But whatever Germany decides should only apply to Germany.
If you allow thousands or millions of unidentified persons into your house, the risk of... terrorism will significantly increase.
We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.
There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
When everything is going well, the role of the state in the economy should be limited. When we are in a crisis, it's different.
Fidesz's different air and its own culture must be preserved.
We are not communists.
We have promised to support India in its international aspiration. We have agreed to set up a working group on technology.
The point of the future is that anything can happen.
To be clear and unequivocal, I can say that Islamisation is constitutionally banned in Hungary.
There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.
President Erdogan has been my personal friend for a long time.
We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
Europe has the technology, the strategic and economic might to defend itself.
We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
The most important thing is to defend the euro.
Irresponsibility is the mark of every European politician who holds out the promise of a better life to immigrants and encourages them to leave everything behind and risk their lives in setting out for Europe.
The Southern borders of Bavaria are being protected by Hungary.
According to our estimates, the Hungarians working in the U.K. altogether pay more contributions and taxes than the benefits that they get. So we belong to the world of the fair working people.
Donald Trump has made it clear that he regards Hungary highly.
Europe can't take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.
If your budget is in good shape and you are not indebted too much, you can do what the U.S. did at the beginning of the '30s - building railways, etc., but when you don't have that, you must be far more cautious.
Kadar died as a mass killer, and the Hungarian nation can't forget that.
We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.
As the world undergoes a major transformation, it's the time of significant opportunity and also threat.
I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
Hungary will stop at nothing when it comes to protecting its citizens.
Concerning Poland, I can only say that the peoples of Central Europe and Hungary are a community in fate, to the death. Many of us would spill our blood for Poland any time. And vice versa: in an emergency, many Polish people would give his life to protect Hungarians. This has happened more than once over the course of history.
I belong to Helmut Kohl's political pupils.
We must make it clear that our problem is not in Mecca but in Brussels.
Europe is a community of half a billion people, more than Russia and the United States combined.
The euro must be defended, or uncertainty about the European Union will be widespread.
Hungarian communists were the most talented. They convinced everybody that reforming the communist party was better than making a new party.
We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
We must not stop speaking the truth to the radical parties because voters will follow those who speak the truth, and European politics will grow more radical, which is in nobody's interest.
We do not want to go to the U.K. and take something from them. We do not want to be parasites. We want to work there, and I think that Hungarians are working well.
We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
Hungary has no raw materials and no major energy sources; we have some agricultural background. So what we produce here in Hungary is the result of our labor and minds, and then we have to sell it to the world. If we are not able to do that, if we are not innovative enough, if we are not modern and open enough, we can't do that.
Life is not easy in politics.
We don't go against the will of the people.
We cannot let Brussels put itself above the law.
